Huadian Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (10): 80-85.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-1951.2021.10.010

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Design,analysis and application of large temperature difference cooling systems

WEI Ruhua1(), WANG Yifeng2()   

  1. 1. Guangzhou HEMC Huadian New Energy Company Limited,Guangzhou 511400,China
    2. China Huadian Engineering Company Limited,Beijing 100070,China
  • Received:2021-04-27 Revised:2021-06-10 Online:2021-10-25 Published:2021-10-11

Abstract:

In the analysis on the key factors affecting energy consumption of large temperature difference cooling systems powered by distributed energy,the effects of large temperature difference cooling on the evaporating temperature,COP(Coefficient of Performance)and auxiliary terminal equipment of chillers are studied.According to the calculation results,with the expansion of the temperature difference between supply and return and the drop of supply water temperature in a large temperature difference cooling system,the evaporating temperature of the chiller will decrease and the chiller's energy consumption will increase,but the energy consumption of the chilled water pumps will fall significantly.The energy consumption reduction realized by the large temperature difference cooling system has to be calculated on the premise of ensuring the operation of the chillers and fan coil units.This normal operation can be realized by lowering the cooling supply temperature,increasing the number of coils and adding anti-freezing measures.There is an actual project installed 15 large temperature difference chillers with 130 MW cooling load.The 15 refrigeration devices include three sets of 8 600 kW centrifugal chillers in series with lithium bromide units, nine sets of 7 384 kW centrifugal chillers and three sets of 2 813 kW centrifugal chillers.Compared with the conventional refrigeration system (7/12 ℃),the energy saved annually by the large temperature difference refrigeration system (3/13 ℃) grows by about 1.75 GW·h.This analysis provides a reference for subsequent similar projects.

Key words: distributed energy, large temperature difference cooling system, chiller, temperature difference between supply and return water, evaporating temperature

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